Theme Day: Self-portrait

Our self-portrait is ‘camera-shy’ as required, and we have also found a ‘sponsor’ of sorts (Coop, next opening) with matching colors... (Picture taken in Piazza Mazzini, December 2013)

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Odoardo Amoretti

The 140-meter “Odoardo Amoretti” is an oil and chemical tanker.

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The Busts in the Council

Eight busts of famous Livornesi are hosted in niches along three walls of the City Council Chamber. The room goes back to the years after World War I and was not originally part of Town Hall proper. It was connected to the main building through a footbridge with a view and was completely refurbished in 1994. Until then the room was facing south, toward the side without busts.

Enrico Mayer (1802-1877) Pedagogist and writer	Angelica Palli (1798-1875) Writer
Carlo Bini (1806-1842) Writer and patriot	Enrico Pollastrini (1817-1876) Painter
Giuseppe Orosi (1816-1875) Chemist	Francesco Bonaini (1806-1874) Philologist and palaeographist
Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi (1804-1873) Politician and writer	Vincenzo Malenchini (1813-1881) Soldier and politician

See also: Town Hall - Footbridge with a View - City Council
External links: Enrico Pollastrini - Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi (Wikipedia)

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La Darsena Vecchia

The Fortezza Vecchia beyond the water of the Old Harbor, also called Pamiglione. From the left we see the bastion of Canaviglia, with the Palazzo di Francesco on top, the Molo del Soccorso and the imposing Mastio di Matilde.

Part of the same view in a 1900 postcard.

(Postcard digitized from the collection of Antonio Cantelli)

See also: Fortezza Vecchia - Canaviglia - Palazzo di Francesco - Molo del Soccorso - Mastio di Matilde - Pamiglione - Old Harbor
Search labels: postcard - Fortezza Vecchia

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Toxic Cloud

We already had a fire a couple of years ago, this time it was a toxic cloud of sorts which chased us away from our apartment last Sunday night. Firefighters searched the building and then the neighborhood until midnight, while an ambulance was ready for the worst. Eventually, we all went to sleep in our beds and nobody was seriously hurt.

See also: Theme Day: My Street

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Road Victims

A ‘ghost bike’ in Via della Cinta Esterna, a memorial dedicated to road victims.

See also: Ghost Bike - Destroyed Ghost Bike
External links: Ghost bike (Wikipedia)

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Via della Bassata

An unusual building, at least for our standards, in Via della Bassata.

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